ABB and City of Davos Pave the Way to Sustainable Mobility Through E-Vehicle Innovation

In Davos, host city of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting,
fast charging for e-vehicles is becoming an integral part of the
transport ecosystem

DAVOS, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For this year’s annual World Economic Forum (January 23–26, 2018), the
city of Davos and ABB have teamed up in a long-term partnership to
provide e-infrastructure for public and private transportation.

Davos residents and WEF guests can experience the pioneering TOSA bus
for themselves. The award-winning TOSA bus, developed by ABB in
Switzerland, is already in use in Geneva and will soon be implemented in
the French city of Nantes. It can recharge its battery in just 20
seconds as passengers board and disembark. In Davos, it will operate on
the busy Line 1, running from the tourist center to the hospital. This
is the first time TOSA technology is being used in an Alpine region. The
idea is to run the system under extreme winter weather conditions; ABB
and its project partners expect to gain valuable insights from this
pilot project.

In addition, electric cars transporting attendees around Davos will be
able to recharge their batteries at eight newly installed ABB
fast-charging stations.

Collectively, the TOSA e-bus and the charging stations provide a
powerful, real-world demonstration of state-of-the-art sustainable
transportation technologies, which are seeing increased deployment
throughout the world as e-mobility becomes the driving force for
bringing energy efficiency with low environmental impact to cars, buses,
trains, ships and cable cars.

“The shift to electric vehicles is no longer a question of if, but
rather of when and how quickly,” said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. “EVs
are becoming increasingly attractive to motorists. As well as being
ecologically responsible, they're becoming less expensive to buy and
maintain.”

ABB is the technology leader in the fast-charging products and systems
that are transforming transportation in globally sustainable ways.
Sustainable transportation is playing a crucial role in the fight
against climate change, as e-mobility begins to replace
fossil-fuel-powered vehicles spewing greenhouse gases contributing to
global warming.

Fast-charging at the World Economic Forum meeting

For e-cars, ABB is already the global leader in fast charging, with more
than 6,000 stations installed in more than 50 countries. At Davos, world
leaders will get to see the eight recently installed ABB Terra 53
charging stations in action. The ABB Terra 53 is the best-selling 50 kW
DC charging station in Europe and North America, supporting the CCS,
CHAdeMO and simultaneous 43 kW AC charging standards.

For public transport, the all-electric TOSA e-bus at Davos is at the
cutting edge of sustainable transportation innovation. Indeed, TOSA
received the prestigious Watt d’Or 2018 in the energy efficient mobility
category from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. The TOSA technology
was jointly developed in Switzerland by ABB in partnership with
Transport Publics Genevois (tpg), the Office de Promotion of Industries
et des Technologies (OPI), the Services Industriels de Genève (SIG), and
bus manufacturer Carrosserie HESS.

The same TOSA technology in use at Davos has been powering buses on
Geneva's bus line 23 airport route. They use overhead contacts that
connect at selected stops along their routes to replenish their
batteries in as little as 20 seconds, recharging as passengers board and
exit. The environmentally friendly system in Geneva could ultimately cut
carbon dioxide emissions by 1,000 tons annually.

But ABB’s sustainable transportation solutions aren't limited to
conventional cars and buses.

ABB supplies the railway sector with innovative and energy-efficient
technologies like traction transformer and converter made primarily in
Switzerland. One example is the Rhaetian Railway that shuttles between
Landquart and Davos.

In the racing world, through its recently announced partnership with the
Formula E electric-car racing organization, ABB will help to refine the
design and functionality of electric vehicles and infrastructure as well
as associated digital platforms.

ABB is also enabling e-mobility in ocean-going tankers, freighters and
passenger ships. There, ABB’s Azipod
propulsion systems power vessels with steerable, high-efficiency
electric-drive propellers, which make ships significantly more
maneuverable and can reduce their need for on-board fossil fuels by 40
percent or more.

ABB is also taking e-mobility to new heights in cable cars. ABB motors
power the steepest funicular cable railway in the world, which opened in
the Swiss Alpine village of Stoos in December 2017. The ABB motors,
which deliver a total output of 2.3 megawatts, enable the cable railway
to carry up to 1,500 people per hour in each direction over its 1.7
kilometer route. ABB has also provided state-of-the-art motors and
drives for a newly opened, record-setting gondola system carrying 580
passengers an hour to the Zugspitze — Germany's highest peak.

ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in
electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and
power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport &
infrastructure globally. Continuing a history of innovation spanning
more than 130 years, ABB today is writing the future of industrial
digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions.
As title partner of Formula E, the fully electric international FIA
motorsport class, ABB is pushing the boundaries of e-mobility to
contribute to a sustainable future. ABB operates in more than 100
countries with about 136,000 employees. www.abb.com

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